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Tillamook Headlight, July 22, 1015 State Press Flashlights. The Mexicans really believe that the United States is too weak to in tervene, but they are afraid of Texas. „Woodburn Independent. The Carnegie library corporation, having been for two years beset with requests for a library building from Hiland Park, a suburb of Detroit, re turned the answer: "You have a phil anthropist in Hiland Park—let Henry- Ford build you a library.” The refer ence was reasonable, and Mr. Ford was considering it at last accounts.— News Reporter. The war in ¡Europe began as a con test between German preparation and French fighting ability. When these two elements had fought each other to a momentary standstill* the war entered a second stage, the struggle between German mobility and Rus sian preponderousness. At last the combat of the nations is taking a third aspect, that of a duel of ammu nition, waged between the manufact ories of the nations. The war, like the world that wages it, is being indus: tralized.—Dallas Itemizer. Indications point to an era of boun teous prosperity in the very near fu ture. Manufacturing plants and mills, long closed down, are again resuming operations. The iumber industry of the Pacific Coast especially is return ing to its normal stage. From all over the State of Oregon comes reports of mills resuming operations. The “poor fanner” is getting unheard of prices for his products, especially grain. Men are returning to work, more money is in circulation. We predict a great future for Oregon, especially Tillamook County, which is a vast field of undeveloped resources.— Wheeler Reporter. “Necessity is the mother invention.’ When the war is over the American people will he surprised to learn of the many things, hitherto supplied by foreign countries, which are at the present time and will continue to be produced by oUr own factories started through compulsory methods. Our chemists are workjjtg with success on dyes heretofore procured from Ger many and on other trade necessities. The same thing applies to the indi vidual Poverty has brought out the buried thoughts in more men than all the wealth in the world. When the manufacturers, the nations—or the in dividual is made to hustle or go with out—’tis then that things of valtie are accomplished.—News-Times. ----- o----- Chicago has appropriated for her school budget almost as much money as the legislature of Illinois allowed at its recent session for one year for all the purposes of the state. The to tal amount is eighteen and a quarter million dollars. Education costs like fury, and the tendency is everywhere the same. We will have to stand the increased expense if we are going to insist on carrying it into such minor details as teaching children how to brush their teeth, saw a board and sew on buttons. The latest local rec ommendation was by Nels Darling, who declared that every town like McMinnville should have a twenty acre agricultural experiment station farm. When that time comes we im agine a vigorous howl will go up from the state agricultural college, as well as from local taxpayers.—Tele phone Register. ----- o----- In commenting on the cost of Jack- son county's bonding for hard sur faced roads the Eugene Register says that in order to obtain this 34 miles of paved highway the people of Jack- son county have bonded themselves for $500,000, entailing an annual in terest charge of $25,000. If the bonds run for twenty years the 34 miles of road will have cost the taxpayers a million dollars. Something, of course, will have been saved in maintenance, but this saving will not equal the an nual interest charge by any means. The general bonding system is wrong for it involves running the county heavily in debt for the -eonst. action of a comparatively small mileage of road. If roads are to be built by bond issues, the greater part of the cost should be assessed to the benefited property, as in the case of paved streets and sewers in the city. Worry is a great American habit. As a national pastime, baseball is a poor second. Our peculiar civilization makes it chronic. We are the cham pion worriers of the universe. The African is happy; oriental fatalism prevents a dissatisfaction with the Asiatic; the European, in peace, is usually content. But we woray be cause Jones next door has an automo bile. Our brethern of the other conti nents would merely accept Jones as a superior being and let it go at that, oe don’t. So we go on worrying be cause Jones has an automobile, be cause Mrs. Jones has a new gown and because we may have some trouble scraping together the money for next month’s rent and food bills. And v e know all the time that worrying won't ever get us the motor car, the gown, or pay the rent; in fact, it takes away whatever little joy there might be in living. We know that it impairs our health, destroys our efficiency and spoils our chances of ever attaining »nything. Yes, worry is a great thing —for doctors and undertakers!—Sea side Signal. The increasing number of automo bile accidents plainly evidences the ’’ctRhat drivers of machines are tak- chances that should not betaken. *h e public prints are filled with ac counts of accidents which might have been avoided by the exercise of cau- •ton. There can be little, if any, ex cuse for train* and automobiles com- ,ng into collision at crossings. Every r’ilrosd crossing should be consider ed dangerous, and the proper amount 0 care exercised by the occupant of ’be driver’s seat. Transportation com- banies are not expected to slow down «ar an approaching automobile. When cne figures that, for instance, in go- J"? to Salem front Dallas the trip can be made in C... minutes by running Which h »m ,hir,y mil*’ PCr hour- wtuch is not an unreasonable speed cIedr'rJaV?rable,COndit‘ons’ few »«v- elers are in such a hurry that they could not well afford to occupy foHy safe 1 V r'h""U,eSnand- inSUrc pcrf^‘ time of it' tSInil11 gain *" ”'e lesser bine of th. trip is not worth the risk b> any one. And this is tiue of any top one starts out to make —Observ- practiced by the man and woman is popularly supposed to fall on the woman alone. It is probable that in other lands where plyandry is th» c "tom. ¡he double standard of morals demands that the red of justice shall >eat on the shoulders of the «inning nan only. The double-standard and morality alike are matters of latitude. But while the double standard of morals mav be one of the curses of our social life, what has it to do with punishing or failing to punish those guilty of the crime of manslaughter’ l b“ reputed and recreant father ol 'he dead babe was not a co -defendant m the case before Judge Gatens, nor was the pitiless mother on trial for a sin that is considered 01 punished in the court of the double standard of morals. In a court of justice, she was charged with the crime of manslau ghter, in which the putative father Had not joined her; and she pleaded guilty of the crime, which was just as heinous as if the human being t' al she destroyed had been twenty-four years old, instead of but twenty-four hours, and had bad a loving father, instead of a father who denied his parenthood. Probably the mother who killed the fatherless child should not b» punished; The Spectator will not judge her. But if the destruction of ■ human life is no longer to be con sidered a crime, we must find some other excuse for it than the double standard of morals. If we have gone a bit far in forgiving man for his im morality, aren’t we likely to go much too far when we begin excusing woman for her infanticides?—The Spectator.______________ n^°ng. theim?ny thi,1«s ,hat ‘h« Democratic platform viewed with dis tinct alarm were the extravagance of Republican Congress and the increas ing cost of living. Not only did the Democratic platform express distr'ss at the evidences of Republican mis management, but Democratic spell binders took the stump to explain how deeply they deplored the heavy burdens put on the people by the Re publicans’ reckless waits of public money and the Republican tariff that was the primal cause of living's high cost. Platform and spellbindeis alike promised economy, and we were as sured that if we voted for tlie Demo cracy such a reduction would be made in government and private expense that we would all get a dividend from the savings, and live happily ever after. The last Congress, which was Democratic, was the most extrava gant in the history of the country. 1 he Secretary of Commerce and La bor tells us that in Sept^ber the cost of living reached the highest point in the history of the country when the price of all food was 7.1 per cent higher than the average price for 1913. The Democracy should be arrested and should be fed on bread and water twice a year for the crime of obtaining votes by false pretenses. 450,000 Square Miles of German . Territory Taken. —The Spectator. Cancer Treatment. The death rate from cancer is large and increasing. How to prevent the suffering and loss of life which are caused by this disease is a question which has engaged some of the best efforts of gifted men, but thus far they have succeeded only in ascer taining that it is curable by no other means than the surgeon’s knife. Taken in time, almost every cancer may be perfectly extirpated. Neglect ed too long, it becomes incurable and leads to inevitable death. It is a sad fact that many patients suffering from incipient cancers do not know their own condition. They do not under stand the symptoms of the disease. Nor is the public as familiar as it should be with what is known of the causes of cancer. Nearly all physi cians agree that persistent irritation is one of the causes, if not the chief of all. Dr. George F. Koehler dwells upon both these points in a paper published in Northwest Medicine for July and urges better popular educa tion in these particulars. Dr. Koehler argues that if people in general knew more about the conditions which probably bring on cancer and about its early symptoms the death rate from this disease might be lowered. He lays stress upon the “precancer- ous period,” during which a lesion which is not incurable may pass on into a true cancer. He says there is probably such a period in every case. Of course if medical aid is invoked in this preliminary stage it is likely to be effective. It is therefore ex tremely important that knowledge c> its pecularitics should be widely dif fused. Dr. Koehler pays particular attention in his article to cancer of the alimentary tract, since it is in this region, he telis us, that “two-thirds of ill cancers in the male occur," and by far the mos' frequent, of course, is cancer of the stomach. It seems that this terrible malady is more than like ly to begin with an ulser and, in some instances, “the transformation from ulser to cancer is of alarming rapid ity.” Now an “acid stomach” occur ring persistently is one of the sure symptoms of uíser either actual or nascent. Too much acitidy may set up an ulser by irritation even in a well stomach. Where an ulser has already begun the acid makes it worse. It fol lows clearly enough that acidity of he stomach is one of the preliminary symptoms of cancer and ’’**!’ ’’ should never be neglected. Dr Koeh ler believes that early operation upon ulcer of the stomach may perhaps ‘reduce the mortality of cancer of the itomach 50 per cent.” As everybody knows by this time, cancer is more common in mature persons than in the young. Stomach roubles which may indicate the ap proach of cancer are therefore par ticularly menacing in meh more than 15 years old. Dr. Koehler recom- nends for persons that are thus af flicted an exploratory incision to find out exactly what their condition is unless 4be gastric symptoms yield promptly to medical treatment. This is particularly important, he thinks, if the patient has lost weight, if he passes blood, or if there has been cancer in his family. It would be well if Dr Koehler’s instructive articles could be published in popular form. The public is badly informed upon this important subject and every ef fort on the part of competent phvsi- cians to spread the light deserves warm encouragement—Oregonian. Infanticide No Crime. Charged with smothering an un welcome, day-old babe, two women, the mother and grandmother. pleaded , guilty to manslaughter, and Judge Gatens set them free—the older woman under parol. For refusing to punish these self-confessed infanti cides the court presents cogent and heart touching reasons winch, it lol lowed to their logteal would save from punishment all the parties to a crime from whose conse quence» one rascal had been lucky enough to escape. The court pardon- ed and paroled the women because the putative father of the murdered babe was not also a prisoner at the sensible mie homily nomnj on «he —- evils , , of , -hat _ , lied the double standar d of mor- is called standardof m< r- ah. In this country, though the fidious operation of the double stan- s dard, the punishment of tmmoraht London, July 14.—Four hundred and fifty thousand square miles of German colonial possessions have been occupied by the Entente allies during the war. This official estimate was announc ed today by A. Bonor Law, the Brit ish secretary of the colonies. Ford Refund Announced. ----- o----- Detroit, July 16.—The Ford auto mobile Company announced today a refund of approximately $15,000,000 to the owners of Ford automobiles who have purchased the niachines since August I, 1914. On August 1, 1914, the company an nounced that if 300,000 automobiles were sold during the ensuing year, each purchaser would receive a refund of from $40 to $50. The 300,000 mark was reached today. The company says the refund is strictly in the nature of the profit distribution policy of the company. Mind Reading. What is believed to be the most re markable exhibition of clairvoyant powers ever demonstrated was wit nessed at a hearing in the Court of General Sessions, New York, June 29, before Judge Rosalsky, who was pre siding. Prof. Bert Reese had been convicted by a magistrate as a fortune teller and had appealed against his conviction. To prove that he was not a fakir, but a scientist, the professor volunteered to give a demonstration in court. The judge wrote the questions, ____ was __ the ruling _ in the Shelley “What case?" “How much money have I in the — Bank?” and “What is the name demonstrator not only told what the of my favorite school-teacher?" The questions were, but informed his honor that $15 dollars was in the bank to his credit and that his favor ite school-teacher was Miss O'Con nor. Rees has given many exhibition; before the crowned heads of Eu ropean d some of the world’s greatest scientists. Thomas A. Edison has tried vainly to solve the secret of-his powers. He says that the questions and answers flash themselves in his mind without any effort on his part. A great advance was made in hu man comfort when the squcakless shoe was invented. It isn't fear of their publication that keeps a man from writing foolish love letters; at the time he writes them he is reckless of fear. Cool Your Skin To allay the smarting and inflam ation of sunburn, use REXALL Mentholine Balm A Splenlid in emer- gencies where there is su r f a c e pain to be relieved o r inflammation to be reduced. For bruise», hives, wmsect »ting«, neu ralgia. calarrah - for a »core of oth er things—it has our guarantee to relieve—or money back. WHERE BRYAN BLUNDERED t he Real Cause of his Resignation From the Cabinet. I Tillamook Seashore Washington, July 14.—What really happened between W illiam J. Bryan, then secretary of state, and the Aus trian ambassador in and after the conversation which later cofused the consideration of the submarine issue Where thousand« of people de'.iijht to epral their sum ner vacation in Berlin was told today by one who knows all the facts. 5 Hours from Portland It is understood now that the com Over the most wonderful ecen'c trip one the Ainericun Continent. plications which arose out of this talk T'-vo Daily Trains. between Bryan and Ambassador Dumba was one of the things which Tillamook Pamenger . , T.v. Portland 7:45 a. in. led to Bryan's resignation. It is as Seashore Special . . . l.v Portland 1:40 p. 111. serted that the president was greatly annoyed at this incident and at the Parlor Observation Car with buffet lunch on tl e "Seashore Special.* steps which Brvan was compelled to Daily and Week Ends Fares take to correct the misunderstanding. l-ROM AI L POINTS That Bryan did give the Austrian ambassador to understant that a Ask for folder “Seashore Tillamook County” giving hat ol hotels friendly answer was all that was re rates, etc, quired of Germany in response to the Lusitania note of May 15. From this A Visit to the arose all the trouble. Bryan’s recent public statement in explanation of the incident has not in the ’east al tered the understanding of those in a At San Franciaco and Sail Dieg.i is an event of i a life time and’ one you cannot u fiord to miss. position to have authoritative infor I mation on the subject. Special Fares in July After the Lusitania note of May it. when feeling was running high in this tc San Francisco, Los Angel?» and San Diego 0:1 certain dates country and the newspapers were printing articles suggestive of war or Low Round Trip Fares Daily the severance of diplomatic relations with stop over? in either direction. with Germany Ambassadors Bern- Four 1-ine Trains Daily in Each Direction. storff and Dumba were doing every thing possible to relieve the situation Stop-Overs at Exposition here. All tickets to the East via California perAiits stop-overs at As Ambassador Dumba was not di Sun Francisco and Loa Angele? to use the Expositions. rectly involved in the submarine issue it was decided that he should call on Ask nearest Ageiit for ‘'California mid Its World Expositi u” 1 nd Bryan and endeavor to learn from “Way Side Notes Shasta Route " him just what was the attitude of the administration. It was thought that possibly the ambassador wight learn John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. something of great value in advising the Berlin Government how to meet the demands of the United States, Ambassador Dumba called at the State Department and after some considerable effort, got Bryan to dis cuss the question. That in this conversation Bryan dis tinctly gave the ambassador to un derstand that all the United States really required of Germany was a a friendly answer. It is declared that OUR PURPOSE IS TO SERVE THE N Bryan said that while the United PUBLIC WEL States had used strong language in the note of May 15, that note did not Our plant is well equipped anti mean that this country was going to break off with Germany if Berlin did maintained in perfect running not meet the president’s demands. “A order. friendly note,” it is stated , is what Bryan said was wanted from Ger We can furnish you with any many in reply. Bryan referred, it is thing in electric supplies or fix declared, to the pressure of public opinion upon the president in expla tures for wiring, lighting, heat nation of the language of the note to ing, power, or cooking. be sent to Berlin. That Ambassador Dumba left the We have experienced and capa State Department much relieved, with ble men to attend to our lines and the conviction that the situation was not at all dangerous, is certain. He to do house wil ing and instilla wrote a dispatch to his government, tions. reporting the conversation and the impression he had gained* from it as to the seriousness of the American Government’s intentions. This mes sage was shown to Ambassador Bernstorff, with whom the Austrian ambassador was in daily conference at that time. The effects of the impression gain ed by the ambassador in his talk with Bryan came a few days later. Am- bassadar Gerard was at the Beilin -NOW ON DISPLAY - foreign office, using- vigorous lang High Gra le Pnttorna, irnny Evl'wive, in th? Choicest St lea - uage about the American position on Latest in design and coloring, now nwniting your inspection. the submarine issue. The official with whom.he was speaking suddenly in terrupted him with a smile and told MERCHANT TAILOR. him, in effect, that lie knew Gerard Tilhm ook, Ore. Phon? J 27. was bluffing and that there was no need of such strong language. He told Gerard that the Berlin Govern ment had been informed that the American note was merely tor home consumption and that all the United (w States wanted from Germany was a soft answer which would make a Now Under New Management. break between the two governments unnecessary. U. S. LAWYER, LEE SLYTEK and CARL WHITE Gerard was indignant and at one* Propn. reported to Washington what had been said to him. His message aroused Call and See Us. Repair Work a Specialty, the State Department, ft was this dispatch that Bryan had in mind when in his recent statement on this subject, he spoke of haying learned that his conversation with Dr. Dum ba “had been misinterpreted in Ber lin.” ’ , Dumba was sent for by Bryan and told of what had happened. He ex plained as best he could. Bernstorff was also called in and, according to Bryan, he showed a report of his original conversation with the am bassador to the president. Apologies were made all round, even the Berlin Foreign Office sending a message ex pressing its regret that a misunder standing had occurred Nevertheless the understanding of those who knew about the original conversation was not changed by these polite exchang es, and Bryan’s statement also failed to'alter their view of what had hap pened. Much good came from the plan of Secretary Daniels to inlist the leading inventors of this country as a board to devise and to pass upon inventions that may be useful to the United States navy, in case it should ever be called into action. His invitation to Mr. Edison to become president of such a board is a just recognition of one of the world's greatest inventors. He has long been called the wizard of electricity. While naturally gifted, his success has bcm due to tirel ss industry and unswerving perserver- ance. Gladly acceptin'» the honor and the responsibility he immediately proposed that a department of exper imentation be established, in which men will work with difinitc ends in view. Mr. Edison has s shown ------ the ad- vantage of this kind of work in the electrical realm and in improvements onj the phonograph There are two kiids of inventions One mieht be called jnspira'i»W»al, since they comt ___ ‘ _ apparently by’ atcident. They ,r are n attire of discoverie« more in the i.-iL.C J than inventions Other come only Only Solti By after diligent effort to overcome .... ..... —- ____ CHAS. I. CLOUGH CO plain defects or to supply long-felt steam engine is wants. The __ — original ---------------- - Reliable DIuggists OREGON the example of the first kind. The TILLAMOOK, 1 'T’nn girt is a »triking example of the second kind. Two World Expositions. SOUTHERN PACIFIC. Coast Power Company. I THE NEW AUTUMN AND WINTER STYLES J. w. EDWALL, KENNEDY GARAGE. RESOLVED YOU 5HOULD COME AND 5EE OUR. 6OOD 6R.OCER.IE5. WE KEEP THE PR.ICE5 DOWN. THAT We don't believe in scEing poor groceries at any price. We believe in asking only a moderate pritfif’lor good goods. If you start to bay your groceries from ns. you will buy all from us, because you will find that the things you get at our stoic for your table will be good. We liny grocer», ics in big lots. That is whv we sell lor little prices. 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